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tahoe, no snow, 47. >> kristen: for years, soccer's popularity has been booming across america. now its easier to be more socially conscious when playing the game. amy hollyfield explains. >> reporter: last thing a kid thinks about when kicking a soccer ball is about who made the ball. >> he wrote an article in high school about sweat shops and has tried to purchase fair trade items ever since. when he had trouble finding soccer equipment he decided to create his own company. >> it means that people that make the soccer balls, they work in proper working conditions. >> reporter: his company is the only one to make fair trade soccer balls. >> soccer balls are being made by a number of sewers in factories. so sometimes they are actually in homes. >> so they start selling the balls online but he did find one store that is carrying them, sunset soccer ball in san francisco. >> they also said we want to have a fair trade section in our store. but it's not getting out. >> his path to this point has been a rough one. 27-year-old says getting funding and stabilizing the company has been
tahoe, no snow, 47. >> kristen: for years, soccer's popularity has been booming across america. now its easier to be more socially conscious when playing the game. amy hollyfield explains. >> reporter: last thing a kid thinks about when kicking a soccer ball is about who made the ball. >> he wrote an article in high school about sweat shops and has tried to purchase fair trade items ever since. when he had trouble finding soccer equipment he decided to create his own company....
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and bank of america facing a new shareholder loss in processed mortgages and foreclosing. if you have a ton of music scared over your computer hard drive? a new cloud drive service that allows you to store store this on line and access from various digital devices. lower close ahead of a report on u.s. home prices. >> kristen: city of san francisco and 49ers have reached a deal over a 40 year battle over maintenance at the candlestick park. paying the team $3 million within 60 days. team gets $9 million in new rent credits and cost reductions. they have long complained about the leaky reluctance wi suites and cracked walls. >>> game two of bay bridge spring series between the giants and a's moves to coliseum in oakland tonight. they returned to at&t park for the first game since winning the world series. aubrey huff hits a home run and gives the giants a 4-3 lead. giants held on, nice catch in foul territory. >>> this is your chance to get a closer look at britney spears concert in san francisco. ♪ ♪ >> spears performed three songs from her new album at bill graham civ
and bank of america facing a new shareholder loss in processed mortgages and foreclosing. if you have a ton of music scared over your computer hard drive? a new cloud drive service that allows you to store store this on line and access from various digital devices. lower close ahead of a report on u.s. home prices. >> kristen: city of san francisco and 49ers have reached a deal over a 40 year battle over maintenance at the candlestick park. paying the team $3 million within 60 days. team...
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america's diner is always open. had. >>> good morning 6:15. you are looking live pictures of the explosion and fire at a evergreen oil refinery in newark. you can't see much in these pictures because it is dark. we are told some of the crews are being released from this fire because it is contained at this point. you can still see fire equipment putting water that may still be hot. there is a reason they are pouring water on this portion of the plant. amy hollyfield is hoed headed this way and tell us exactly what happened and whether or not there were any injuries. we also have not heard of a shelter in place order just yet. as we get information we will bring it to you. >>> the supreme court will hear arguments today to determine if a lawsuit against walmart the largest job discrimination suit ever can forward. half a million plaintiffs say that made more money than women and were promoted faster. walmart denies the claim. >> does it seem like you are getting less for your money? your right. "new york times" reports that companies have been
america's diner is always open. had. >>> good morning 6:15. you are looking live pictures of the explosion and fire at a evergreen oil refinery in newark. you can't see much in these pictures because it is dark. we are told some of the crews are being released from this fire because it is contained at this point. you can still see fire equipment putting water that may still be hot. there is a reason they are pouring water on this portion of the plant. amy hollyfield is hoed headed this...
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but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ oh, oh, oh or...you can get all this. for 5 bucks, you can get a sub. kfc's $5 everyday meals. like two pieces of original recipe. your choice of sides, biscuit and a medium drink. 5 for 5 bucks every day. today tastes so good.
but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ oh, oh, oh or...you can get all this. for 5 bucks, you can get a sub. kfc's $5 everyday meals. like two pieces of original recipe. your choice of sides, biscuit and a medium drink. 5 for 5 bucks every day. today tastes so good.
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. >>> that's what's making news in america >> reporter: live on 880 in san leandro where two lanes of southbound direction are closed in a storm related problem and the brunt of the storm is not even here yet. story coming up in a live report. >> here is a live look from downtown san francisco. you can see all is quiet here but we did have rain during the night. when the heavy stuff comes in, we're going to have big trouble. there is another storm after that, too. >> and we've got flooding in san leandro and chains up in the sierra once again. details coming up. >> kristen: also this morning, state regulators consider fine understanding pg&e up to a million dollars a day because of the safety record because in the wake of the san bruno disaster. >> eric: and a gun in the bonds trial. he openly admitted being injected with steroids. a lot going on. you know there is a storm too. >> kristen: that is right. there is a little ponding. >> eric: let's check in when the heavier rain is going to get here. >> it wasn't an easy commute. it moved through the east bay valleys and also in the sant
. >>> that's what's making news in america >> reporter: live on 880 in san leandro where two lanes of southbound direction are closed in a storm related problem and the brunt of the storm is not even here yet. story coming up in a live report. >> here is a live look from downtown san francisco. you can see all is quiet here but we did have rain during the night. when the heavy stuff comes in, we're going to have big trouble. there is another storm after that, too. >>...
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. >> kristen: san francisco mayor is expected to release information for america's cup. they envision a new street car line to fisherman's wharf. street closures and modified muni bus routes. bicycle and pedestrian friendly major sporting event in history. san francisco is hoping to offset costs with millions of dollars from private donors. >> eric: great baseball weather today. >> and dodgers could switch that around it for us. i know there is one dodger fan -- but he is not here today. satellite and radar, and you can see the definite clockwise flow in the offshore wind. that is the reason why we had five record highs yesterday and even more today. fairfield, one degree cooler, half moon bay four, everybody else three to ten degrees warmer than this time yesterday. 49 in napa and fairfield. 50s and even 60s, san francisco, oakland, mountain view, 64 in antioch. this afternoon, look for the asterisks, more numerous today as we have upper 70s richmond and clearlake and then low to mid-80s for everybody else. that will be a lot of sunshine. around the monitored lay bay, 7
. >> kristen: san francisco mayor is expected to release information for america's cup. they envision a new street car line to fisherman's wharf. street closures and modified muni bus routes. bicycle and pedestrian friendly major sporting event in history. san francisco is hoping to offset costs with millions of dollars from private donors. >> eric: great baseball weather today. >> and dodgers could switch that around it for us. i know there is one dodger fan -- but he is not...
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. >> kristen: you can watch the san francisco concert tomorrow on "good morning america," from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. right here on abc7. she did some shopping. in castro and the video was sent in to by a viewer. wow. >> eric: why not. while she is here. keep the local economy going. next seeing the scene from gma. >> kristen: we'll see the concert tomorrow. >> eric: this is yours man. >> and i'll take credit for it. but they didn't get a lot of pats on the back for all that. and i have the forecast for you we're looking down on san francisco all the way over to the east bay hills. we do have fog developing around santa rosa. temperature is 41 and 42 for napa and fairfield and rest of us in the 40s. oakland fremont mountain view redwood city low 50s. monterey bay temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. let's take about what is going to happen over this forecast period drying trend and warmer weather. we'll be above average in our afternoons wednesday thursday and friday and slight chance of some weekend showers. it will still be mild. it won't be cold showers. mid-50s in the south bay wit
. >> kristen: you can watch the san francisco concert tomorrow on "good morning america," from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. right here on abc7. she did some shopping. in castro and the video was sent in to by a viewer. wow. >> eric: why not. while she is here. keep the local economy going. next seeing the scene from gma. >> kristen: we'll see the concert tomorrow. >> eric: this is yours man. >> and i'll take credit for it. but they didn't get a lot of pats on the...